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MAINE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



COilPOSITION OF WATER FREE SUBSTAN'CE OF FODDERS AND FEEDING 

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Oat Hay— cut •w-lien in bloom 



Oat Hay— cut when grain was In milk 



Oat Hay — cut when grain was in dough 



Oat Hay— cut when part of the heads were in 



bloom and part in milk 



Oat Hay— cut when part of the heads were in 



milk and part in dough 



Oat Hay— first 5 inch section of bottom of stalk 



Oat Hay— Second i inch section of stalk 



Oat Hay— top of plant 



Silage— Sanford corn, very immature, no ears . 



Corn Silage 



Corn Silage 



Hav 



% 



% 



% ■■ 



4097 



7.55 



9.86 



4096 



6.23 



IO-.tS 



4089 



6.23 



7.73, 



4137 



7.34 



10.20 



4130 



7.21 



7.601 



4134 



6.84 



2.77 



4135 



8.16 



4.79 



4133 



7.01 



9.62 



41-25 



7.93 



12.12 



4138 



5.01 



10.52 



8061 



4.79 



10.21 



4117 



6.13 



8.41 



3ii.70 43. 3S 

 31.53 48.41 

 31.74 50.91 



.601 33.96' 47.42 

 43.49 45.00 

 41.60. 43.23 

 27.83 51.75 

 28.75 47.62 

 25.751 54.19 

 23.34' 57.84 

 29.97 53.10 



% 



2.51 

 3.25 

 3.39 



3.32 



3.81 

 1.90 

 2 . 22 

 3^79 

 3.58 

 4.53 

 3.82 

 2.39 



